Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-02-23

When questioned about the patent. he said
he would not then explain it, but would have
some things on hand for an exhibition Ia the
course of ten days or two weeks.
The dead man was not the one who had
taken TIE room, however: and how and when
he had got access to the apartment no one
knew.
There was an old fashioned fireplace in the
room, and some paper ashes in this attracted
the attention of detective, who happened To
be no other than my humble self
In turning over these ashes | discovered
two or three little bits of paper not entirely
consumed, and they had these words written
on them, though now barely distinguishable:
found her and locked"
private room"
inject You"
station"
&c"
Now, after reading these disjointed sell
tences, began to study and ponder them.
Might not this be portion of "A message
sent to the dead man to lure him on to the
city for the purpose of putting him out Of the
way!
But for what motive!
All that indeed | could not know-thst
was something only to be found out after a
serious Investigation, in case one should bs
made.
| examined the charred paper as well as
could, and reached the conclusion that what
had read was a part of a telegram which had
been sent by somebody from London and
received by somebody at a distance and that
either the sender or receiver intended TO de-
| stroy il.
| Now, if the deceased had received it. il
must have been sent to him by somebody,
and that somebody intended TO meet him.
and probably did meet him, at the railway
station.
Wei, then, where was that somebody, and
why had he allowed his correspondent to
visit that out of the way room and commit
suicide without ever going near him after
wardi
And why should the man come to such
place TO kill himself.
And could he have found the room without
guide, and did he get access to it unknown
| 10 any one, if he We're not the man who had
rented it in the first placef
But then it was certain that he was not
that man unless he was in disguise when he
hired it; and why had he gone TO all that
trouble merely to hang himself, when he
could have done it quite effectually in
10000 better placesk
No; looking on it--reason as might
could not bring myself to believe that the
stranger hanging in that bare room had put
the rope around his own neck.
told the coroner of my belief; but whether
he conceded with lie or not, it is certain his
jury did not, for they brought in verdict of
suicide.
The h,IN- y,1apa1 in ka Cos
recognition, and requested that it should lie
kept there as long as possible for had de
sire TO see what could do in working up the
case.
| started out with the bits of paper had
secured to see if ! could find at any telegraph
Office any messages recently sent off embody
ing the words had Transcribed in their con
secutive order.
| was soon fortunate in getting possession
of what | believed to be the original message
1t was addressed to Horace Granger, Isl
- street. Manchester, and read as follows
the words | found among the paper ashes
inclose in brackets:
have found her and locked her up in ipri-
vate rooml Come and use parents authority
Take the last train and | will Imeet YOU at Lon
don bridge statianI C.
Judging from this it was a case of a run
away daughter, whom "(i" had followed and
captured in London, and whom the anxious
father had come on TO see and probably To
take back with him
As the dead man appeared TO be not far
from - years of age II was natural TO sup
pose that no daughter of his could be beyond
her teens
a school girl, perhaps who had played |
truant and ran away.
But, then, if she had been caught and |
locked up 1t was not reasonable to suppose it |
bad been in that bare room, in a mercantile /
building that contained no other lodgers.
And then again, if the father had come on
and found her, what had become of her, and |
of &c. who had sent the message! and why |
had the father remained behind to hang him
self:
Or had the girl, assisted by &c murdered
her fathert
In any event the affair was one of great
and on privately reporting my dis
roverIPs 10 my chief received the welcome
order 10 work it out to the end.
To do this properly Immediately went to
Manchester.
The address took me to large, elegant
mansion IN the suburbs which led me to
believe Inc owner was q man Of means
did not ring, ontsr and state my business,
but visited the nearest apothecary. as the man
most likely to know the general facts about his
ieigbbOrs
"Wouli You be kind enough to answer
franger in the city few questiol,s!7 l said
o the dispenser of medicines
Proceed, he replied, looking curiously at
ne.
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